'I'll never be someone's backup plan': Job candidate gets rejected, they come crawling back begging to her a week later, she rejects them

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 10, 2023 8:00 AM EDT

If you're ever hiring to fill a position, be careful what you say to prospective candidates because your comments just might come back to haunt you one day. This thread was posted to Reddit by u/ReneeStone27, who had applied to interview for a position despite living a couple of miles outside the desired area. Still, she came to the interview prepared only to be rejected and told that the position had been filled. The hiring manager went further to chastise OP as if it was their fault for interviewing when she did and for applying for the job in the first place given where she lives.

Well, it turns out HR came crawling back to OP, beginning her to come back in for an interview after the candidate they initially went with backed out at the last minute. Karma is clearly alive and well in the business of hiring employees. This Redditor may have been looking for work, but she was not so desperate to be anyone's backup plan. 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions in the comments section. When you're finished, feel free to check out this post about an employee who was fired just for taking an interview somewhere else.

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    Hairstyle - "Employer canceled interview because they hired someone else. That person flaked now they keep calling me to interview"
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    Font - Employer canceled interview because they hired someone else. That person flaked now they keep calling me to interview As the title says..
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    Font - Employer called me up and very y canceled our interview. She was really snotty and blamed me for setting up the interview after the person that got the job. I was confused because I took the first day/time she offered for the interview. Then said "you wouldn't be the right fit" because I lived 2 miles outside of the area she wanted to hire. Then she said I really didn't think when I applied to her position. Ok, I get it.
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    Font - Well, this HR lunatic called me this morning begging for me to come in for an interview. All the sudden I am desirable. So....I told her the truth ...
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    Font - "I'm so sorry. I am not interested. In fact you treated me so poorly for no reason when you canceled the interview, I choose to no longer entertain this position."
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    Font - And I hung up....and the called right back. Didn't answer and she didn't leave a voicemail Edit: this job was for 15 hours a week at $17/hr. It's not really a great career move if you know what I mean.
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    Font - sobo_art1 7 hr. ago Schedule another interview a week from now. Cancel at the last minute. Tell them they wouldn't be a good fit b/c they put their job site two miles outside the area you wanted to commute. 2.9k Reply Share
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    Font - pjanic_at__the_isco. 6 hr. ago Go one step further, take the interview, it, negotiate the highest salary they've ever paid for the position, accept the job, tell them you'll start in 4 weeks, wait 4 weeks, then ghost them. :p 848 Reply Share
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    Font - alexemalexem . 6 hr. ago She is panicking. Management is probably pressuring her to fill the position and she knows sheup by treating you like when she thought she had hired someone else. 705 Reply Share
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    Font - santosdragmother • 7 hr. ago good. these people are with just the slightest bit of power and they rely on desperation. good for you. 302 Reply Share
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    Font - Southern-Beautiful-3. 7 hr. ago I would have picked up and said, "You have no power here!" Then hung up. Contact the CEO via LinkedIn and inform him of the conduct of his HR representative. It's probably the reason that the first candidate bailed. 178 Reply Share
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    Font - Electrocat71 7 hr. ago . Runworking for a company that accepts this bad behavior as normal. 164 Reply Share
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    Font - HereTooUpvote. 7 hr. ago Good for you. Was going to tell you to run when I read the title. Was happy to read the entire post.
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    Font - Reignbow87 7 hr. ago Yeah that I'll never be someone's backup plan. Work or personal.
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    Font - Wild Debt_8065 · 6 hr. ago I would email the head of HR. Give them the lowdown of that snooty little thing.
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    Font - ojodelvoid 6 hr. ago Solid. That person has no place holding that position. Can't imagine how many more good candidates they've run off, and leadership is none the wiser.
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